Association between Androgenetic Alopecia and Psychosocial Disease Burden: A Cross-Sectional Survey among Polish Men

Table 1

Perceived symptoms due to androgenetic alopecia reported by the surveyed men.

	Years of age 18–25; n = 7	Years of age 26–35; n = 19	Years of age 36–45; n = 18	Years of age 46–55; n = 26	Years of age >55; n = 5	-value
Embarrassment, n (%)
Often	4 (57.1)	10 (52.6)	2 (11.1)	3 (11.5)	0 (0.0)	0.002
Sometimes	2 (28.6)	8 (42.1)	8 (44.4)	19 (73.1)	4 (80.0)
Rarely	0 (0.0)	1(5.3)	7 (38.9)	3 (11.5)	0 (0.0)
Never	1 (14.3)	0 (0.0)	1 (5.6)	1 (3.9)	1 (20.0)
Effect on self-esteem, n (%)
Big	1 (14.3)	5 (26.3)	9 (50.0)	10 (38.4)	1 (20.0)	0.637
Rather big	3 (42.8)	5 (26.3)	5 (27.8)	10 (38.4)	1 (20.0)
Rather small	1 (14.3)	3 (15.8)	2 (11.1)	4 (15.4)	1 (20.0)
Small	2 (28.6)	6 (31.6)	2 (11.1)	2 (7.8)	2 (40.0)
Stress in daily life, n (%)
Often	2 (28.6)	9 (47.4)	4 (22.2)	10 (38.4)	2 (40.0)	0.461
Sometimes	2 (28.6)	8 (42.1)	12 (66.7)	12 (46.2)	2 (40.0)
Rarely	3 (42.8)	2 (10.5)	2 (11.1)	4 (15.4)	1 (20.0)
Never	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)